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Voting for the Democratic primary was officially capped on Tuesday, June 22, leaving two prominent Black candidates advancing to the November election for City Council in Harlem’s District 9 and Brooklyn’s District 42.
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more.
Bill Perkins, a hard-charging, reform-minded city and state lawmaker who was a leading voice in the passage of lead-paint inspection laws and an energetic force in Harlem politics across three decades, died Monday night in his Harlem home. He was 74.
Embattled City Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan is dropping her re-election bid in a crowded race for her Central Harlem seat, she announced in an